Task Force Gridley, 1249th Engineer Battalion, Oregon Army National Guard soldier Sgt. Thomas Starr of Vancouver, Wash., sports a shirt for a nonprofit foundation organized in memory of a young boy who died of cerebral palsy during the Hood to Coast Satellite Run held on Forward Operating Base Sharana in Paktika province, Afghanistan. Participating runners in the relay race included National Guard soldiers from Oregon and Nebraska, as well as engineers from the 18th Engineer Brigade and civilian contractors. The race spans a course of 197 miles, divided into legs of varying distances and runners, and has been a deployed Oregon Army National Guard tradition to run in conjunction with the original Hood to Coast relay held in Oregon.
| Date Taken: | 08.27.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 08.28.2011 05:02 |
| Photo ID: | 448818 |
| VIRIN: | 110827-A-4349R-163 |
| Resolution: | 2573x1709 |
| Size: | 2.47 MB |
| Location: | PAKTIKA PROVINCE, AF |
| Web Views: | 243 |
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From the Afghanistan mountains to the Oregon coast
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